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I attempted to replace a GE z wave+ smart paddle switch with a GE z wave+ smart dimmer. like all old electricians i decided to swap it out hot. oops, spark and the old GE z wave+ smart paddle switch failed. I didn't get a chance to exclude it. now the mesh is giving me fits, it doesn't want to include or exclude pretty much anything. is there a database that can be edited to remove the old switch from the mesh? does anyone know what I got myself into an what can be done?

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Go to zwave details and hit Refresh on the device. It may take a few attempts, but it should eventually come back with a Remove option for the device.

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Thanks for your response
I tried to 'remove' around 5 or 6 times, the only change I see is 'Status' changes from 'OK' to 'Pending'

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Make sure the switch that died isn't still hooked up to electricity. If it is it may still be pingable and won't remove.

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thanks for this answer
I physically removed the switch, but the replacement switch is wired in where the failed switch was and a switch that was next to it was excluded and physically removed, will this effect the mesh?

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Yes. You want it out of there. Leave the new one unhooked as well for the moment. Shut down the hub from the settings screen, then unplug power from the hub (at the wall not the hub) for 5 mins and power back up. Try removing it again. If unsuccessful you may need a z-wave stick attached to HE as a secondary controller to remove it. Once removed, hook the new switch back up as well.

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thanks, i'll try this as soon as possible, let ya know if it works, thanks again.

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Also recognize that the buttons there on the ZWave Details page cause actions out on the ZWave chip, not in the hub. Specifically, a Remove causes the Hub to tell the ZWave chip to start a Remove. The ZWave radio chip will cycle through its own process to do so, including 'pinging' the Node ID to see if it is alive. If yes, it gives up.

Be patient, because the hub is not doing anything... "pending" can be interpreted as "just waiting for the ZWave chip, you should wait too" :smiley:

It might also help to know that the ZWave chip is running at 39mhz, which is almost 200x slower than your computer. :smiley: That's still 4x faster than a Z80 was in 1980.

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thanks

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that worked. got the old one removed and now to add the new one.
Thanks very much

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